零碎

língsuì

adjective HSK 7-9 #21,314

Meanings

1 scattered and fragmentary
2 odds and ends
3 piecemeal
4 miscellaneous scraps

Characters

scattered / zero / fragmentary

broken / smashed / fragmentary

Examples

HSK 4

他把一些零碎的想法记在了笔记本上。

Tā bǎ yìxiē língsuì de xiǎngfǎ jì zài le bǐjìběn shàng.

He jotted down some scattered thoughts in his notebook.

HSK 4

她用零碎的时间学习英语。

Tā yòng língsuì de shíjiān xuéxí yīngyǔ.

She uses pockets of spare time to study English.

HSK 5

桌上堆满了各种零碎的物品。

Zhuōshàng duīmǎn le gèzhǒng língsuì de wùpǐn.

The desk was piled with all kinds of odds and ends.

Tips

memory

零 means 'zero / scattered' and 碎 means 'broken into pieces' - together 零碎 evokes things scattered and broken up into small fragments. Think of shattered glass: zero pieces of a whole.

Stroke Order

零 líng

碎 suì